Chapter 15: The Digimon Assassin
(Opening Theme Ougon No Kagayaki)
Saber runs through the grasslands and deep into the forest of the digital world for his destination. He eagerly sees the grass lead a path to a nearly at Seekers points location
'There I can see it' Agumon thought as he slows his pace. With each step he may go closer to the area but he also hastens himself
'I need to slow down or else the enemy may attack first' he thought as he sees the the moutain entrance. It displays a set of stairs the exceed even on to the mountain with several statues of monk based digimon on each side of the path that touches the area of the stairs
'Okay almost there so' "Guuh!" Saber grunted as he tripped a bit "Weird I rarely trip" and suddenly he feels an odd feeling 'I can feel part of my energy draining...' "So the rumor was right." Saber realized "Which means caster is up there" Agumon answers
"Saber wait are you planning" said a voice as Agumon turns around and sees Gatomon standing behind him
"Hasten the war's end"
"That's dangerous" she said said the moment he stopped speaking
"But I thought a Ruler wasn't meant to interfere"
"In a battle yes but not starting one or stopping one from blindly starting a battle" Gatomon counter argued "So it means I can tell you that you should stay away from that area for now"
Agumon turns away "I can't turn back now " he said "not when I'm close to the battle field" he says as he's walking up the stairs "besides it's for the best"
"Saber" Gatomon got his attention again "are you doing this because Ashura may do something crazy like with Berserker?" As she follows him as she takes the stairs first step
He stops as he makes a quarter way up the stairs and turns but thinks about her question until
A sudden loud breeze made hit his attention "Huh when did it suddenly get windy?" Saber said as Gatomon suddenly feels her guard up and turns into D'Arcmon 'I sense someone' she thought
"Saber we are not alone" Ruler said
"What?" He turns around and suddenly shes a more leaves fly around like a swarm of bees "Is Caster here?"
"I'm not sure yet" she said as she sees the leaves suddenly surround each other in a spiral and spin faster into a cyclone of leaves until it desperses revealing a new character
'Is this caster?' Ruler thought to herself
The mysterious figure gets up standing on the higher stairs. He looks like a very tall bird like digimon with red eyes and black feathers about the height of archer. His appearance looks similar to that of a Japanese tangy with purple armor with some gilts to store blades in each side of his white hakama
The digimon turns his head a bit as he looks at the saber and ruler "I assume that you two are intruding on these private grounds?" The digimon said
"I believe you already know the answer to that" saber said while Ruler stepped up "You wouldn't happen to be caster would you?"
"Hmm?" The purple digimon said and then looked back and back to them "*pfft* if only he said "What do you mean?" Ruler said
"Unfortunately caster is not here yet and if she was She's make things harder for all of us"
"Then who are you?"
"OH! Where are my manners I am what you call an assassin class" He crossed his arms together"
"What here?"I know it's quite surprising from your perspective but I assure you caster does work in this area"
"Why tell us this, and are you in an alliance with Caster?"
"If it were an alliance, I wouldn't be on guard duty now would I?" Assassin commented
"Your guarding this place?" Saber said while Ruler stood in front of him "Why would you tell us this much information?"
"Because I wasn't summoned to keep secrets he simply said "But I understand that you want to cross this paths"
"That is exactly why I came here's saber said while ignoring rulers ignored glare
"I would let you pass on normal terms, but unfortunately I've been ordered to prevent anyone from passing through...alive that is"
" So I do have to defeat you after all said
"Of course" Assassin said
(Fate Ost lighting swordsman)
As saber walks Ruler touches his shoulder "Saber I can't help you if you start the fight and in this environment you may be in trouble" Ruler gives him a last warning
"Then wish me lucky As the agumon slip out of her grasp and runs towards the assassin
Agumon starts to do flash like jumps to reach his opponent faster during and charge while the assassin starts to take out one of his blades and waits his opponent to make his move. The agumon finally reaches his opponents range and the Agumon does his first strike by doing a high claw attack the assassin simply dodges it by taking a step back
The assassin then dodge an upcoming kick by ovTheig to a few steps to the left. And saber charges as assasin uses his weapon to trip saber that makes him stumble a bit but quickly recovers and jumps high only getting a scratch on the leg
The Assassin then jumps higher then saber and prepares to strike above but Agumon shouts "Baby Flame!"
Assassin looks surprised but quickly deflects the attack away which pushes him off course as they both landed "Simple" Assasin retorted as he starts to now bl"ocks agumon slashing claws a he ran at him and uses his two weapons to strike back and assassin kicks saber off a few feet away "Is this all you can do?"At
"What are you saying
"For a saber you should be putting p more of a fight but to be honest I don't feel like I'm even in peril" assassin said
"So you think I'm holding back"we or something?"Are you?"
"It's not that but...look I shouldn't need to explain to you"
"True but since your clearly handicapped this makes me a bit peeved...so maybe I'll show out some motivation" Assassin then opens up some Raven wings and shouts "Ballistic Feathers!" He shouted as multiple feathers shoot out shoot out as agumon prepares to evade.
At the main location of seekers point Rider slowly starts to fly down quietly
'Yamis bosses idea actually went well using Yamis cousin as a distraction to learn it defeat caster is going well' Rider thought
Rider snaps her fingers as a bubble surrounds her "with this barrier it should prevent myself from getting drained" she then looks around and sees no security or anyone around for that matter "I sense little energy here this character must be smart' she thought as she lands on the ground
"She either knew that I was coming and fled or..." She gets interruptedas sudden blasts target her. She notices it in a blink of an eye and rides her broom up and boosts up high to avoid the others blasts
"...She's was waiting for an ambush" as she slowly floats down to keep her distance. And from that distance she can she her attacker
a mysterious short black haired woman with golden horns and claws with a black body suit covered with a puurple obi like robe with purple eyeliner with an hourglass figure with blue eyes
"so your the fly who dares enter my territory" says the new digimon
"And you must be Caster... And I guess you know am a rider because of my possession?" Rider says still on her riding stick
the caster chuckles malevolently "it was pretty obvious now since you know so much I can't let you leave and this brings so much of an opportunity to capture you and that Saber outside my domain"
Rider looked suprised "You know that much huh?" She takes Then makes a fist and somehow her hands became big and sharp "But I bet you know little about me" she said and charges
*pant* *pant*
Ashura is keeping his paste as he runs and activates his grappling gun on high trees and buildings to find Agumon and Gatomon
"When I get to Saber *pant* he's going to get another thing coming!" He said as he doesn't like getting up so late or early. "It was uncomfortable enough letting a girl stay at my home but another who doesn't listen to me just streses me out!"
"I did this to my self for not being more strict... I just hope I'm not too late" he said
*rumble*
"Huh?" He hears sounds of of shockwaves from the ground and get stronger from the direction of the moutiain in his field of vision "Oh no he started" Ashura got worried and runs to that direction
Saber steps back from the slice attacks and feathers projectiles as he gets some stracthes "You should get serious now I don't want to kill you this quickly" assasin said to saber "consider with the unintended handycap I was given"
"I am serious"
"hardly your not even at full strength because of where you are" he shoots more feather blades again so agumon jumps out by rolling and grabs a sharp feather to throw back at assassin which he blocks with his blade barely but charges right after. But shoots his feathers are he runs as his blades come out
Saber deflects the feathers but couldn't keep up as the assassin's blades neared his neck so he made a blast that blow the two away. But that made the assassin jump back and kick agumon back down the stairs. Agumon gets up but a feather blade shoots near his feet."I heard from caster that you can digivolve so this means your not fighting at full force" he starts to walk to him
'Caster knows?' Agumon thought"But leaves a lot unanswered if you could digivolve why didn't you do it the moment you were cornered?"
He sees agumon on one knee as he kept three one of assassin's weapons as assassin merry dodged it "I take it you haven't mastered it yet have you?" He jumps and makes a crash with his swords pushing the saber all the way back to the lower stairs"
"Saber it's not best to continue without your master just retreat" Ruler said
"Ugh...no it's too late to retreat anyway" Saber said as he gets up again he continues to walk "You can't transformation can you?" Ruler questioned him whie Agumon stops "Yes" he simply said as he suddenly tripped on his feet "Oof!"
"Tired already?" Assassin mentioned in disapointment. Agumon felt conered ''if only I could digivolve...looks like Ill have to pour out every bit of my power to at least try a blast' he thought so he slowly starts to build energy "haaaaaah!"
Ruler was about to reach agumon until to tell him he can't force such power at his condition until
"HEY WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?"
Ruler turns to see Ashura jumping down with his grappling hook as he catches up is very tired from running those miles"Oh you actually came Ashura Ruler said
"It's...not...really...*gasp* my choice *pant* in the matter he rests grabbing his knees to stay standing but he then notices Agumon building power "What does he think he's doing?!" "He's trying to build power for a mighty attack!" She said loud as the energy building and wind make things hard to hear
Assassin was about to question the reckless opponent until he notices someone in hiding "who's there?" Said assassin as the hidden character vanished while agumon got distracted by assasins action but lost focus and his power
Back to the assassin he then notices a human "Who is...oh that must be your master right saber"
"you were gone for two hours and some digimon knows who you are saber?" Ashura said in mere worry "it wasn't partly his fault" Ruler said "Caster knows about us...somehow and told Assassin"
"...EHH!" Ashura said with white plated eyes "How I don't undestand"
Ruler places her arm on his shoulder "Focus for now I just found out and we don't know how caster knows what's important right now is dealing with the situation"
"Actually I'm getting a bit upset at this match and your digimon not fighting me with full force" Assasin then looks to the top of the stairs "And it looks like Caster is in need of my assistance"
"Huh so does this mean your letting us go" Ashura questioned
"Don't look too much into it" Assassin warned him "It's only because I want to fight saber with everything he has" he says as he steps away "Farewell he fades back into the shadows
Just as that happens Saber collapse as Ashura catches him"Saber!" And Ruler leans over checks the agumon "He'll be fine just has some bruises and scratches she reassures him
While Ashura sighs "Yeah...been there before he lifts up agumon on his shoulder "come on let's head back as ruler nods as the they return home
As the assassin reaches the top he sees caster going spell to spell with a digimon on a broom stick. "Another digimon maybe this one can make a proper challenge"
As he said that he starts to walk toward the two fighting so he can get a piece of action
"Hi there, want to trade places?" Assassin said
"Tch, this is getting out of head Rider said as she makes a smoke bomb and gleds into the sky" Pity...so what did I miss?" ssasisin to Caster "Be silent and return to your post" said a peeved Caster
The Assassin sighs "Very well" he complied as he returns to the stairs location
Back at apartment Ashura had set saber by the wall while Ruler was stretching her arms
"yeesh what's with him?"he starts to rub his sore legs
"Do what?" Ruler questions
"Disobeying me he doesn't seem to be like someone who does that"
"Well you've only met him a short time so maybe you don't know him well at all" Ruler said to him as she stretches her legs while Ashura gets to stretch his legs but looks at agumon a sleeping face "when know when he sleeps like that it's kinda hard to be mad at him" he said until he suddenly felt a weight push on his back "Huh wha Ruler what are you doing?!"
"I feel tired after walking could you carry me to my apartment"
"What no your a digimon if anyone should be carried it's my for all the worrying I felt" he tried to push off but her armWels wrapped in around him "I just don't feel like it" "gah!" Ashura felt too close
"hey come on quit it your not gatomon right now" he kept struggling against rulers hold until someone walked over
"Well Is this what you do in your past time Indian boy?"
"Eh" he turns around to see a smirking Mavis "What no! And how long were you there?"
"long enough I heard the door open and that's when I see you goof with with ruler?"
" aw seriously stop that, it's not my intention to be involved such a misunderstanding" he said as she walked over and giggled "what are you doing?" He said
"Helping" she merely tapped and ruler went back to a sleeping gatomon that lands on her arms
"Wow would did you do that?"
"I did nothing actually. I merely touched her as she was really tired" she starts petting gatomon and for the first time *purr~purr*
"Woah" Ashura was surprised
"Now how about you prepare something while I carry them back" she suggested "I packed a set to prepare tea and other choices of warm beverages" she answered as she does her part
"mmm..." Ashura puts his hands on his hips thinking about how she knows to handle things despite just becoming a roommate
(Fate Ost The end of reminiscence)
As an hour passes Ashura sets up his chore at the table and sees Mavis with agumon awake
"Huh I thought he was sleeping" Ashura was confused
vermillion rose an eyebrow "Didn't you know digimon servants take little time to recuperate thanks to the energy of their master"she looks at agumon fidgeting with his claws "he was only out like a light and woke up the moment he touched the bed"
"Ohh well Ruler must be different since she was really tired" he rubs his chin while she holds in her laughter "nope she just wanted an excuse to avoid this so she faked it"
"What what...okay never mind" he now looks to Saber "now I want to know why you didn't listen and wefnt anyway"
"it's because I'm a digimon servant it's what I'm supposed to do" he said
"come on you should have known you would" have trouble"
"I had to otherwise we'd be getting nowhere"
"But your rushing things and that doesn't help either of us"
"Well if I follow your way you might get hurt or actually attempt to confront the enemy" he said "plus you might say this another moment in time when you say this again, do you believe you can fight a digimon?"
Ashura rubs his head "That's not it"
"Well then what?"
"If I may" Mavis interrupted to catch agumons attention "You see you assume Ashura does this because of the occurring thought that you are small and limited but that's not his reason. It's because he doesn't want to see you get hurt." She states out her answer as she takes a sip of her drink
She Sighs " but because of it he doesn't care that he runs into the other servants he knows he can't win but he his anyway to help you and those close to him"
This makes agumon look down thinking while vermilion continues "you know He won't stop so why not let him fight with you?"
"but...
"Rejecting the option gets you nowhere and left you to run and get cone red so you really have limited options" she does gentle waves with her hands as a calm gesture
"...okay I'll do it...But only if Ashura trains more!" He looks at him "I'm serious if I'm training so do you...I'm going to bed" he said as he walks away
"Well that was harder than I thought" Ashura said while Vermillion says "Not really and boy was he upset looks like you have a lot on you hands Indian boy." She teases him "Looks like you get crushed in a noble way now" she joked
"very funny" Ashura was not amused as he made a blank face at her
(Ending Theme Teleportation Guy by MELL)
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